I don't dispute the headline but this article is a total mess. First referring to the US health system but then citing anecdotes from the english health system.

I don't dispute the headline but this article is a total mess. First referring to the US health system but then citing anecdotes from the english health system. It then mingles US healthcare and dentistry. The US health system is as different from the UK health system as different can be and in the US dentistry is a fundamentally separate industry and education tract that has absolutely no connection to healthcare whatsoever. In the US I can speak first hand as a former hospital executive that a lot more can be done to improve treatment paths for people with a wide variety of mental health diseases. Medical school can play a role but residency programs are a much more important element, at least in terms of how US doctors are trained. From history the best way to do this is to create a specific health system focused on treating those patients and to lead by example. I am not aware of such an effort but there may be one.